Elizabeth Masterson, an emergency room physician in San Francisco focused on her profession, is in a car crash while on her way to a blind date at her sister's.

Three months later, landscape architect David Abbott, needing a fresh start after his wife's death, takes a sublet on Elizabeth's apartment.

Checking a restaurant, she recognizes that a man has a medical emergency, so Elizabeth helps David save his life.

David begs Abby to keep her alive, but she has already signed the papers, with life support ending the next day.

As a last-ditch effort, David blurts out Abby's secret from her wedding day, freaking her out so she drives him out of her house.

When Elizabeth asks for her key back, their hands touch, her memory of the events during her coma is restored, and they kiss happily.

The final scene fades away from the rooftop to show Darryl staring into a snow globe, happy with "seeing" how things have turned out.

The website's consensus reads: "Delightfully sweet like a lollipop, Just Like Heaven is a dreamy romantic comedy that may give you a toothache when it attempts to broach difficult end of life issues by throwing a cherry on top.

[3] Roger Ebert, Richard Roeper, and A. O. Scott all gave it favorable reviews, agreeing that the plot had logical flaws that were somewhat overcome by good dialogue and characterization.

Singer Katie Melua recorded a cover version of the song for the soundtrack of the film.

Melua's version is played over the opening titles and has lines such as "she said" changed to "he said" to maintain a heterosexual narrative.